Farmers Helping Farmers
Episodes
ENCORE: GRAEME SAIT - On Why Nutrition Rules
25 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
VicNoTill is proud to re-release what was our second episode of Farmers Helping Farmers The Podcast for those who may have missed it! Dan Fox sat down...
BRENDAN PATTISON - Back to the Future, soil health pioneer's step by step approach towards better soils in broadacre cropping system
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
VicNoTill president Michael Gooden describes stepping intothe paddocks of broadacre cropping farmer Brendan 'Patto' Pattison at Marrar NSW, as...
ENCORE TOM BRIGGS - Lessons about context and nutrition when shifting to a regenerative farming system
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Back in 2023, third generation Victorian farmer Tom Briggs candidly shared the things that went right, and wrong, when he returned home to his family ...
DON PIPER - The importance of farming from the ground down.
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, Angus Ingram catches up with Don Piper. Don is a mixed farmer from Violet Town in Victoria who is typical of farmers who want...
ENCORE: WILL BIGNELL - The Tassie farmer who's packed four lifetimes into one
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this ENCORE episode you'll get an insight into what you can expect at the VicNoTill annual conference on September 2 and 3 at Moama, NSW when y...
ANDREW DOECKE - Omnia, 'all things' that maximise and sustain soil productivity
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
NSW broadacre cropping farmer Dan Fox has a fascination for understanding the intricacies of how plants and soils function, and his conversation with ...
JOHN KEMPF - Australian launch of new AI tool and a whole lot more
28 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“If you have a decline in yield as a result of a transition to regenerative ag, it is not a result of regenerative ag, it is the result of poor agro...
Encore: CALLUM LAWSON. Common sense farming - a profitable regenerative grazing system
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Applications are open for the Integrity Soils CREATE program with Nicole Masters which is being run in Australia for the first time. The on-farm inten...
NICOLE MASTERS - Creating a lasting legacy for soil health
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole, a global agro-ecologist, educator and systems thinker, has been working with VicNoTill to share knowledge about regenerative ag for more than ...
WILL BIGNELL - The Tassie farmer who's packed four lifetimes into one
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Agricultural investment manager and VicNoTill board member Angus Ingram steps in as guest host for this fast-paced, action-packed interview with Tasma...
STACEY CURCIO - We are what we eat eats, food starts in the soil
01 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When farmers speak about diversity being one of the hallmarks of a resilient farming system, Stacey Curcio asks them to consider the diversity within ...
KEIRAN KNIGHT - stepping outside the lines and away from chemical-based farming
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fifth generation broadacre farmer and agronomist Keiran Knight grew up on an irrigation, cotton, sheep, cattle and cereal farm between Walgett and Nar...
ROB HETHERINGTON - Calcium, the king of all elements
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the FARMERS HELPING FARMERS PODCAST Episode 21, Dan Fox sits down with WA farmer Rob Hetherington who is seeing a lifetime of soil study come to fr...
NIC KENTISH - Soil and life lessons from the pioneers of the Kentish potato
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Australian families have grown up eating their fair share of Kentish potatoes, but have we ever considered the story behind the pioneering family who ...
FARMERS HELPING FARMERS PODCAST - Dan Fox & Michael Gooden, VicNoTill President handover
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
VicNoTill is at the forefront of change in Australian agriculture, and for the past three years fifth generation Marrar farmer Dan Fox has been presid...
MATTHEW EVANS - The reluctant celebrity farmer and chef using his fame to spread the word about healthy soils, healthy foods and healthy people
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
VicNoTill farmers were rapt to welcome food writer, farmer, television broadcaster and chef Matthew Evans to the Food for Thought Conference in Wagga ...
JOEL WILLIAMS - Food for thought and the latest science on building soil carbon in an Australian context
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joel Williams spent several days with VicNoTill at the 2024 Food for Thought conference in Wagga Wagga NSW. Tune into his insightful conversation with...
JIM ALEXANDER - Taking the foot off the throat of soil biology
31 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
VicNoTill board member Michael Gooden visits Jim Alexander on the Cootamundra farm where he lives with his wife Em and two young daughters to talk abo...
ALLAN PARKER OAM - Resetting your brain to reset your farming future
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a conversation for farmers not to be missed! Allan Parker OAM was a crowd favourite at VicNoTill's conference Transition23 and captured th...
CALLUM LAWSON - The power of opening your eyes and asking questions
28 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Victorian cattle farmer Callum Lawson went to a holistic grazing course, it turned the way he approached farming on its head. He came home from t...
JAKE CHANDLER - Farming for the environment can be profitable
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Young farmer Jake Chandler has always had a deep connection with all things agricultural, and has experienced the landscape from many perspectives. Th...
TRAN$ITION23 SERIES: MATT TONKIN - The road to regeneration
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The road to regeneration with NSW farm manager and Sober in the Country Bush Tribe Member Matt Tonkin looks at how important it is for farmers to be p...
PHIL PETERSON - Building carbon in soils Part 2
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join our host Dan Fox in Part 2 of an indepth conversation with Phil Peterson about rebuilding soil carbon on farms. Dan has talked numerous times wi...
TRAN$ITION23 SERIES - NAKALA MADDOCK: A fascinating insight into worm farming
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The worms at NutriSoil are treated like royalty, because they are the key to sustainability, healthy soils, plant, human and planet health. Nakala Mad...
TRAN$ITION23 SERIES - COL BOWEY: Key principals of a soil building system
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our host Dan Fox catches up with Col Bowey from CB Farming Systems, who was one of the guest speakers at VicNoTill's 2023 conference. Col also led...
TRAN$ITION23 SERIES - TIM PARTON: Farmers Are Heroes, Nobody Else Can Do What We Do
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
UK arable farmer of the year and Green Farm Collective founding member Tim Parton spent a week in Australia as part of VicNoTill's annual conferen...
TOM BRIGGS - Lessons About Context And Nutrition When Shifting To A Regenerative Farming System
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Farmers Helping Farmers our host Dan Fox catches up with vice president Tom Briggs. As a third generation farmer in Victoria, Austr...
PHIL PETERSON - Building carbon in soils, Part 1
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Farmers Helping Farmers our host Dan Fox catches up with Phil Peterson who is passionate about rebuilding soil carbon on farms. In ...
FRASER POGUE: The Good Dirt on Good Farming
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2016 a VicNoTill story with Ardmona irrigation farmer Fraser Pogue’s began with: ‘The pages in books might be black and white but farming cert...
DR TERRY MCCOSKER – Rewarding Farmers For Their Natural Capital
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One of the world’s most respected leaders in soil health, carbon sequestration and regenerative agriculture Dr Terry McCosker struggled terribly in ...
MICHAEL EYRES & ED SCOTT: A Soil Pit Will Never Lie
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past decade, Field Systems Australia founder Michael Eyres and Soil Science Australia vice president Edward Scott have stood in around 7000 s...
GRAEME SAIT - On Why Nutrition Rules
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Internationally renowned nutritionist and farmer Graeme Sait is a wealth of information. After a tragic family accident, he has dedicated the pa...
GRANT SIMS - It Starts With The Soil
30 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When sixth generation farmer Grant Sims reintroduced stock into his no-till cropping system, he discovered a whole new world living underneath his soi...